Remember, half of the genetics in your calf crop are from one animal.....your bull. 

On this page we have past herd bulls we used that have really improved our herd.  Some have loud color, some have small size but most of them have both.

Any animal that was born on our farm has at least one bull pictured below in their back-ground.  Most of the animals have multiple bulls in their back ground.

We could not be where we are today without these bulls. By keeping only the best calves, our breeding program has improved greatly over the years.

Is this considered a "bullseye" ? He made it to the center.

Jeff Hatch, a mini cattle breeder for decades put it best when it comes to bulls.  In order to improve your herd, you should only be using a bull for 2-3 years.  The bull should be replaced because you should know by then that he isn't throwing any good calves OR he is throwing great calves, therefore you should have some sons and that are better than him.

Ted, a 2013 bull we sold as a calf, bought back at 2 yrs old.  He has been in and out of the breeding pool for the last 5 years.  He gave us some great little cattle, We only kept the best of the best. We have daughters and sons with grandbaies on the way.  We hated to sell him but as we said above, he worked himself out of a job, his offspring have taken over.  He went out to Virginia and a new group of pasture queens!  This guy will be missed. He was 36 inches and 400lbs.

Red-handed, a super young bull we only used one season. He was right at 36 inches tall and 320lbs. This guy is out of Rose by Hurricane. We kept just one heifer out of him, Lucky Lady born in 2020.  She is going to make one pretty cow.

Hurricane was a super nice bull. A tri-colored brindle out of a super cow Katrina.  His son above Red-Handed added to our herd too.  This bull was bred and born here like most of the ones on this list.  His grandbabies have taken over. This guy moved on to Indiana and had some good ones there tolbso. 35 inches and 380lbs.  

Bullfrog is a brother to Tyson. Out of Pepper by Sugar Cain.  A 2014 bull that had all we wanted in a bull.  He a matured to 35 inches tall. Good disposition. Good breeder, color and size.  His black and white also had some brindle.  We have gotten a wide range of color from him and have kept back some of his calves that we think will contribute to our breeding program.

Tyson was a great bull. We did not use him alot but he has some nice calves.  He was 36 inches at 4 years old.  He had a some red or black calves on a white park pattern.  We kept a couple heifers and bulls and we will see how they grow out.  He is a little lighter frame than we like but did well on heavier cows.  His brother out of same cow is Bullfrog.

Boone, a great bull from 2013.  He was 35 inches tall at 3 yrs old.  He had some of the best colored calves.  They were a little bigger than we like but super nice all the way around.  We kept a few of his 2016 calves back to see how they grow out.  

Choncho is a 2013 bull.  37 inches tall. We have some of his 2016 calves.  Some real nice calves.  Decent color and color patterns. We still have his mom and sister.  It will be fun to see is calves grow out.  Some of the best calves in 2016. 

Two great bulls. We had some of the best and most uniform calf crop from Hombre, on left.  Lots of line backs.  He was about 38 inches and a little taller than we like but a great personality.  We kept two of his daughters and a bull calf from 2015.  As yearlings they look good.  Ragin Cain on the right is a super bull.  We got a couple of calves from him before sending him to Maryland.  We have a daughter and son from him from 2012 and 2013.

Sugar Cain, definitely a bull that left his mark. He has the same mother as Bullwinkle. We had calves from him from 2009-2014. We have sons and daughters and their offspring in the herd. He was 36 inches and 400lbs.  He threw about every color and pattern imaginable.

Freckles was a dandy.  He is sire of Sugar Cain and grandsire of Hombre. We have lots of his blood in the background of our herd.  We kept quite a few daughters from him but Sugar Cain was the most influential. He was 34 inches/450 lbs.

Bullwinkle was great bull.  He now resides in New Mexico.  We have numerous daughters from him in the herd.  He is also a maternal half brother to Sugar Cain.  Bullwinkle is also a paternal half brother to to Ripley.  We hated to see him go but since we had so many of his little girls in the herd, it was time to let someone else improve their herd with him. 37 inches/540lbs

Ripley was another game changer.  No picture we have does this bull justice.  He was awesome.  A number of femalesgo back to him as well.  Some great sons of his ended up in other herds and did great there also.  This bull along with Bullwinkle catapulted our breeding program.  Our smallest 2009 calf , Millie, is out of his daughter. He was 37 inches/ 530lbs. 

Pitt is one bull we did not use enough.  We have his blood in our herd yet.  He was used more extensively in other breeding programs and did real well there. We currently have a great-great grandson in the herd.  34inches/400lbs.

Peb, bull #2 that changed our herd.  Surge provided the ladies, Peb brought the boys to town.  Bullwinkle and Ripley are sons.  Both of those bulls did wonders to our herd.  Still have their blood in our herd.  He was 36 inches and 425lbs.

Surge started it all for us. We bought him in the spring of 1997. We had a huge number of heifers out of him and nearly all our animals that were born on our place go back to him. He was 37 inches/540lbs.